This Years Most Clichéd And Shakily Shot Film

Rating: 6/10 (18 August 2005)

Hollywood is a pretty shameless enterprise at the best of times but this film managed to hit new lows in its lack of originality, persistent and relentless product placement, not to mention that anything resembling action seemed to be filmed by someone suffering from a nasty case of the shakes and interspersed with childish slo-mo.
The "not-to-distant-future" and supposed utopia that Ewan McGregor and his bad American accent find themselves in really couldn't have been more cut and pasted. It offers virtually nothing new in terms of content or ideas beyond the central plot - which although interesting isn't really given any attention after the first 30 minutes.
The acting is distinctly mediocre, the action bland (and horribly shot), the general setting so hopelessly cliché. It would be entirely possible for you to fall asleep during this film and miss nothing. It's very much like a poor man's Minority Report... and that wasn't exactly good to start with either.